If I had my way, equity training would be mandatory for all union leadership, twice a year.

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OUR SISTERS WERE THERE

JANET NICOL

Vancouver and District Labour Council president Joey Hartman uncovers the hidden histories of BC’s women workers.

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DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THE WORKPLACE

MELISSA KEITH

Supportive family and friends are invaluable. So is structured programming in the workplace to address domestic violence. Beginning with building general awareness, the CLC and unions are working to develop just that.

First a flash flood, then a drought — some of you, way too many of you, are still clustering your tweets. You know who you are.

13PASSING THE TORCH

CAROLE PEARSON (1952-2016)

LORRAINE ENDICOTT

With the passing of West Coast journalist Carole Pearson, the labour movement has lost a great writer who cared deeply for workers and the challenges we face.

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OUR TIMES TALLY

SEAN CAIN

Chance that a refugee or displaced person throughout the world is a woman:
4 in 5.

19HAVE YOUR SAY

GENDER PAY GAPS & BETTER RESEARCH

ISHANI WEERA

Better research practices can end the exclusion of millions of women from data that inform policy advocacy.

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POETRY

NASHWA KHAN

49REVIEW

CRACKED

Review by ANDREA ADDARIO

Having been a telephone operator herself, Joan M. Roberts has great respect for the women whose story she tells in her book Cracked: How Telephone Operators Took on Canada’s Largest Corporation . . . And Won.